@LJSigman

Bridging Medicine, Law, & Policy

 Washington, DC
Joined January 2011
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Today we recognize #HealthWorkforceWellbeingDay, underscoring that health worker safety is foundational to #PatientSafety & high quality, compassionate care. Learn more about RISE, evidence based #PeerSupport for healthcare, developed at Hopkins: johnshopkinssolutions.com/so…
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We are excited to kick off this important work next month at the @JHUBloombergCtr! Stay tuned...
High Value Alliance@hvpaa30 Oct 2025
Thrilled to launch PACT, a new program designed to unite health plans, policymakers, physicians & patients on innovative performance improvement measures: ➡️6 months ➡️3 workgroups ➡️1 mission: build a next-level learning health system @ljsigman @allenkachalia @HopkinsMedicine @DocLennyF @Pahwa @medpedshosp @yoshimianzai @KenceeMD @GregSeymann @ngilotraMD @elliotthaut @LauzeeTweet @healthecon_dan @KathyMcDonald
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🗓️ Join us in Baltimore for the final Human Factors course of 2025! Discover how using #humanfactors engineering methods can identify and mitigate system problems that cause human errors and #patientsafety hazards in health care. web.cvent.com/event/180d1c9f…
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Dr. @LJSigman recently helped write a new policy statement from the @AmerAcadPeds expanding upon the 2016 version related to error reporting culture. The updates emphasize disclosure and reporting as an automatic and embedded practice. medscape.com/viewarticle/aap…
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I'm delighted to announce that @JHM_Armstrong has been chosen for a Doris Duke Foundation award to advance innovation in health research! dorisduke.org/strengtheningp…

A New Blueprint for Progress | Doris Duke Foundation

The mission of the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) is to build a more creative, equitable and sustainable future. We work across three areas: Arts & Culture; Nature; and Health & Well-being.

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Informative article about challenges to patients and hospital staff during COVID--featuring Doctor's Community Hospital, where I spend part of my clinical time. Inside This Maryland ICU, a Depleted Staff Struggles to Keep Going washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/… via @doximity

Inside this Maryland ICU, a depleted staff struggles to keep going

"Take care of me," unvaccinated patients ask. Two years into the pandemic, it’s getting harder.

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🚨I wrote about what this surge is doing to the healthcare system. It's bad. Though less severe, Omicron is spreading quickly enough to inundate hospitals, which can't handle the strain cos so many healthcare workers had quit or are now sick. 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archi…

Hospitals Are in Serious Trouble

Omicron is inundating a health-care system that was already buckling under the cumulative toll of every previous surge.

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Anaridis Rodriguez@Anaridis14 Dec 2020
Boston health care workers dancing on the sidewalk to celebrate the arrival of the first covid-19 vaccine.
We are experiencing exponential growth of #COVID19 as a country. In short: things are bad and getting worse. They will continue on that trajectory before getting better. If we want to change our approach, we will find a way. If we do not wish to do so, we will find an excuse.
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“The plan will be build on bedrock science....I will spare no effort or any commitment to turn around this pandemic.” @JoeBiden thank you on behalf of healthcare workers, our patients, and our communities everywhere. #BidenHarris2020
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The challenge is how we rectify suffering, discrimination, & divisions, & come together: “Win or lose, Trumpism will not have been swept into the dustbin of history; it will remain all over the furniture. It’s part of the furniture. Unsweepable.” washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…

Perspective | The fantasy of repudiating Trumpism is dead

Liberals had hoped for a massive rejection of Trump and his enablers. It didn't happen.

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Sound advice.
Vivek Murthy@vivek_murthy4 Nov 2020
Waiting for election results can be extremely stressful. A few things may help: 1) Turn off the news/social media. 2) Take a walk or work out. Movement loosens the mind. 3) Help others. Service reduces our suffering and lets us experience the healing power of human connection.
#votehealth #votinginthebubble #DOCTORSFORBIDEN
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I'm honored to work with an outstanding team dedicated to using sound science and policy to advance the best interests of our nation's students, economy, and health. Here are some of our thoughts. #Covid19 #VoteHealth #VoteEarly #doctorsforbiden usatoday.com/story/opinion/2…

Colleges can do right by students amid COVID-19, but it takes money, planning and backbone

Colleges face varying types of pressure from students, politicians, finances and local COVID rates. They need resources and resolve to operate safely.

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Thanks to @AmLawInst for an interesting podcast conversation on an upcoming publication on medical malpractice law. A great resource for doctors to know about!
The American Law Institute@AmLawInst7 May 2020
In “Medical Malpractice in the Restatement Third of Torts,” led by Reporter Michael Green, panelists Mark Hall, @LJSigman, & Shanin Specter discuss why now is a particularly opportune time for ALI to take on this unruly subject. Now on #ReasonablySpeaking: bit.ly/3flzJbi
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Spot-on analysis of how medicine’s approach to pain has brought us to this point. Our dangerous fear of pain #OpioidCrisis #healthpolicy #WashingtonPost washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
Evidence of the need to improve Electronic Health Records. Not a surprise! mayoclinicproceedings.org/ar…
How to overcome a medical error | Contemporary Pediatrics contemporarypediatrics.com/p…
The Huge Waste in the U.S. Health System nyti.ms/2Or2BDX
Happy & inspiring things happening at the Capitol today for a change! A nice break from politics...and bigger crowds than I’ve ever seen in DC! #GoNats #finishthefight instagram.com/p/B4YAD-NgIolb…
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